2 VERDICTS DIFFER ON ORVIS PARTNERS

Carl W. Anderson, a former partner in the defunct brokerage house of Orvis Brothers & Co., was convicted yesterday of conspiracy to file false financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The data allegedly sought to mask Orvis's financial woes before it went out of business in 1970. However, Mr. Anderson was aquitted of the charge of actually filing the false statements.

Another partner, John J. Villani, was acquitted on both counts in the month‐long trial here yesterday. Earlier this year three other Orvis partner's pleaded guilty to various charges stemming from the house's collapse, and they will be sentenced May 15.

Mr. Anderson is to be sentenced by Federal Judge Withman Knapp next June 16.

But Jerome Londin, Mr. Anderson's lawyer, said he would file a motion to set aside the verdict before June 16.